Died, in this city July 19, 1904. Mildred, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McIlroy, aged 18 months and 25 days. Funeral services were held Wednesday forenoon and the little one was laid to rest in the city cemetery. The bereaved family has the sympathy of the entire community in their sad affliction. Elgin Recorder Friday July 22, 1904
WILLIAM McILROY. – The active and capable gentleman whose name appears above, is one of Union county’s progressive and enterprising stockmen and agriculturists, having wrought here as well as elsewhere with display of ability and sagacity that commend him to all lovers of thrift and industry and which have resulted in the accumulation of a goodly portion of property and the placing of our subject among the most prominent and influential men of this section, while his integrity and uprightness are commensurate with his other characteristics. Iowa City, Iowa, is the birth place of our subject, and July 27, 1861, … Read more